Charlie Hofheimer

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Charlie Hofheimer
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Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1994–present

Charlie Hofheimer is an American film, television, and theater actor. He landed his first film role as Jim Garland in the 1994 version of Lassie . He is known for his role as Abe Drexler on Mad Men . He has also made many TV guest appearances in a number of TV series. [1]

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Life and career

Hofheimer was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Brooklyn, New York at the age of one. [2] He began acting at a young age. His first film role was in the 1994 version of Lassie . He has appeared in other feature films such as Boys , Fathers' Day , Music of the Heart , Black Hawk Down and The Village . In 2008 Hofheimer produced, directed, wrote and edited a short film, Baggage.

Hofheimer's television credits include Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Law & Order , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , NCIS , Numb3rs , Medium , House M.D. , and Mad Men .

Hofheimer has also starred in several theatre productions. In 1996 he played Kenny Simmonds in Minor Demons at the Currican Theatre in New York City, and then again in 1997 at the Century Theatre in New York City. In 2000 he played Ovid Bernstein and Tobias Pfeiffer II in Old Money at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York City. His other stage performances include Spittin' Image (as Matt) at the Forum Theatre, Ruler of my Destiny (as Hart) at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, Opelika (as Matty) at the Third Eye Repertory Company in New York City, Treasure Island (as Jim Hawkins) at the Blue Light Theatre Company in New York City and he made his Broadway debut as Jimmy in On the Waterfront. [3]

In 1999, he graduated from New York Lab School, a small public school in New York City.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Lassie Jim Garland
1996 Boys John Cooke
1997 Fathers' Day Scott Andrews
1998 Edge City James
1999 Music of the Heart Nick at 17
2001Last BallJim
Black Hawk Down CPL Jamie Smith
2002The Ghost of F. Scott FitzgeraldJames Powell
2004 The Village Kevin, the young security guard
2008BaggageShort film (as producer, director, writer, and editor)
2009BlurRaymond
Against the Current(as associate producer)
2010NumbJason
AutopilotMike
2012 Would You Rather Travis
2013 Paranoia Richard McAllister
2019 The Mandela Effect Brendan
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 New York News Episode: "A Question of Truth"
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Jeff / Dean2 episodes
Law & Order Andrew Jansson / Ben Karmel2 episodes
1999 Trinity Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
Blue MoonT.J. MedierosTelevision film
Now and Again NickEpisode: "A Girl's Life"
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jerry DupreeEpisode: "Tortured"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kevin McCallumEpisode: "A Night at the Movies"
NCIS Petty Officer First Class Bobby WilkesEpisode: "High Seas"
2006 Numb3rs Ron AllenEpisode: "The Running Man"
2007 Medium David ChanningEpisode: "Second Opinion"
House M.D. Mark AllmoreEpisode: "97 Seconds"
2008 Eli Stone Scott MillerEpisode: "I Want Your Sex"
Canterbury's Law Ethan Foster3 episodes
Fear Itself ScottEpisode: "Community"
2009 Cold Case George SweeneyEpisode: "Lotto Fever"
Without a Trace Chris WhiteEpisode: "Voir Dire"
2010-2013 Mad Men Abe Drexler 11 episodes
2012 Private Practice Ron Nelson4 episodes
2014 Grey's Anatomy Jason CastorEpisode: "Do You Know?"
2015 Castle Eric ChambersEpisode: "At Close Range"
Turn: Washington's Spies Lieutenant Chaffee3 episodes
2017 24: Legacy Ben Grimes6 episodes
2018 Escape at Dannemora Kenny Barrile Sr.Miniseries, 1 episode
2019 The Man in the High Castle Daniel LevineEpisode: "Mauvaise Foi"
2019 For All Mankind Dennis Lambert2 episodes

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References

  1. "Charlie Hofheimer Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  2. Watkins, Gwynne (May 30, 2013). "The Mad Men GQ+A: Charlie Hofheimer on Abe's Peggy-Induced Stab Wound". GQ . Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. "Theatre in New York: A Brief History". musicals101.com. Retrieved August 28, 2010.